NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 : e2fsprogs Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0221)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 266246

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.06, has e2fsprogs packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- Heap-based buffer overflow in closefs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by causing a crafted block group descriptor to be marked as dirty. NOTE:
this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-0247. (CVE-2015-1572)

- Multiple integer overflows in libext2fs in e2fsprogs before 1.40.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filesystem image. (CVE-2007-5497)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL e2fsprogs packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 266246

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2025-0221_e2fsprogs.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks

Published: 9/30/2025

Updated: 9/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-5497

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1572

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:6, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:libcom_err, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:libss, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:e2fsprogs-libs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:libcom_err-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:e2fsprogs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:e2fsprogs-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/ZTE-CGSL/release, Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5497, CVE-2015-1572

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